This footage was filmed and produced 4 February 2022.

Parliament backs no-confidence motion after internal disputes and weeks of political deadlock

Montenegro’s conservative pro-Serbian governing coalition collapsed on Friday amid internal disputes, after parliament backed a no-confidence motion tabled by a junior coalition partner.

Lawmakers voted 43-11 in favour of the motion against prime minister Zdravko Krivokapić’s government after weeks of political deadlock. Other lawmakers in the 81-seat parliament either abstained or left the session before the vote.

Krivokapić, a university professor who is close to the Serbian Orthodox Church, has headed an ideologically mixed coalition that included pro-Serbian groups – as well as smaller parties that are not happy with the pace of reforms needed for the small country’s bid to join the European Union.